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00.0.1 @w APPLICATION FILED 00T. I5, 1915.

Yatented May I3 i'peccatoii. o" Letters Patent itateiited may it-h ittilitth Implication ed october 1ML wit?. thzriai No. ttit.

)To mi 'zo/tom it muy office/iti it hiiown that Wim/mii' i-i. iioom of the United tit-:itam residing at `Cieireland., in the county of tfiri'ahogga and. th de ot hirh haw invented certzftiifi. new and iiset'iii .ii im)temente in i"o ,irt'it'ops, ot" which the it'oiiowi M is a epee. icatioii.

if'hie invention relates generally to door Stops arid pzirtiordarl)` to devices of that character utilized upon garage doors; and ar raiilgged so that the doors may he thrown open and locked in this position, the device ho1dine; them until the.' are reicaaed by the lise-r.

More speciicziiiy the invention relates to a door holding' device and it coiripriees, in the eiiihodimcnt shown, a bracket preferably eeciiied lo the door hotel and provided with a rod pivotaiiy (':oiineetmi to the bracket and provided at ita end with a latch head or member adapted to cooperate with the socket iiiciilher provic'lcd with a hitch, the rod being :also provided with a ljyichiihgr Stop Yfor iiissiiriiig the hitch operation.

The .invention may be further hriely summarized ae consisting iii the construction and combination. ot parte herl-iinafter ect -forth iii the itoiowing tiescriptiony drawings and airing 'to the drawings Figure l repro a persiga-inthe View of a portion of the door :trame and door with the device applied; iig. L a Sectional. View ehoiif'ingg the Baile, or the hitch ii'iechaiiiszjii; Fig. 3 is a ifiiaii rieti' oit the parte showing the door cio ed with. the liiitei hroheii a iay; and Fig.

.1'. ar View' Vwith the door open. the eii'diodiiiieiit oi? the invention shown iii the drawingfi l represent-S a door. jainh, f or .iii the ordinary way the iiiitei fl i J t hh l e euitahie door 3 ifs; hui-iig. cured te the under eide of the iintel t hase @hito 4; having a down.-v .Hhd posit Si, provided 'with iat ding; a 'me t5, provided with operi eceiviirg; pivot pin 7. This :pivot pm hroiigh an eye in :1` head E5, secured to Qlhie ot a eiiitahie length and ioiiided near ite end with a iatch heed M, are. aimiih. f latchgroove 1.1 thereiii,

mid f lapered portion. l); toward the pivot et t.. e rodQ This hitch head or ineiiiher ie to the red hy irieaae of a ein ieg; throw "i 'the parte as; shown: Beyond the iet/ch head ie rod 9 iS threaded .as at "ht arid provided with a mit i5 engaging; a sprintf her are oiit oi? eine 1G ari-:ignored Within the eieeie portion li mid engag a yatop iiieiiiher 18. This stop iiieaiher ehd ne loose/.ty over the rod Si and 1e larger .iii diaiincter than 4the latch head. @e cured to the door at the proper points ie a hitch bracket l@ of? any preferred constructioii and provided. with a. tuifiiihir guide 20, lihie tiihuiar guide ot a site erich that the rod and the hitch head may ehde freely Within. the eame7 hat it e les?, in diameter than the outer diameter of the stop member 18, whereby when the rod and the iatch head move through the tubular guide 20, the edge of the sleeve engages the stop member ae shown iii. Fig. 2

Extending downvwardij/v `from the tubular guide is a latch casing 2l having; a recta-mgm lar chamber for the reception of the latch 23 which is giilic'led in the chamber 22 and is adapted to engage iii the groove l1. The .latch 9,3 ie provided with a shank 2e extending down tlirough the lower end o the cae! ing 2l, and there provided with all opening F25 for receiving'a cotter pin 526, which forms a' estoi.) limiting the inward movement of the shank :M- aud the latoh 23. ti/*hen in their inwardposit-ieri9 however, 'the iatch may engage within the recetas l1 oi the hitch head.

.n order to torce the hitch hito this position a spring :'R/i is provided euri-minding the shank 91e. hearing against the hitch on the one hand, arid against the ciid of the casing 21 at the frthern Secured to the lower end of the ehaiah Lftie n chair` Q8 which may extend down to a point Within easy reach ot the meerB Viheri the door ie dosed the parte are in the position shown iii Fig. 3 and the latch heedw toggcther with the yielding; etai) mem TT guide and `the hitL Wiheri the door ie ope the hitch hrachet, tohular guide and hitch are moi/cd outward .iii :m ehvioue manner the guidiiig portion or the ftatch head ideel euch mcreher iirto the tuhidar guide, when, thie i. r ,iiieirdier wiii 4 engage the yieidihig stop itieii'ihcr arid retitrd the more reeht ot 'the door iiiitit the hitch passi-see tree-ty hito the grootte et the i door will he heid chieihg, The @dice et' the yieidiale; Stor; to :retard the .more

iiieiit et the door arie meure the httchihg. f

'firiiii'ig daeerihed Viry intention., It ci aire zw It ith door hoh ire;` deviceJ a hrachet, .fi

'red connected thereto., a guiding hraehet tor a ih head, when the agement witii the tiihiihii` Gti said. rod,1ateh mechanism between said gniding bracket and rod, and a. yielding stop comprisin e sleeve, a Spring within said sleeve an at one end engaging the eamo, and an abutment on said rod for the opposite end of the spring, said parte coperating to retard the movement of the door as the latch operation takes place.

2. In a door holding device to be applied between the frame and the door, a bracket secured to one of said parte, a guiding bracket Secured to the other of said parte, a rod pivotally connected to the first nienv tioned bracket, a head on said rod provided with a, latching socket, a tubular guide ear- 

